CITY MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2624, 20 November 1915, Page 8

CITY MARKETS

! With' tlie approach; of spring local supplies of fruit, vegetables, arid new potatoes show an • appreciable increase, •with the demand for all lines very good.

!A iresh shipment'' of 'American apples ' via Auckland has arrived; and are meet- .! ing a toen-demand; •'Earotongan tomatoes by the same,route aro also to hand. : . /Local. .. plums, : ';-';cherri'es, ; strawberries, gooseberries,''and tohiatoes aro selling freely; ; Old - potatoes are neglected, vwhile'new crops are commanding keen bidding. . Onions are. unaltered. Fresh eggs are firm:.- Yesterday's'approximate values were: —American, oranges, 17s> case;' Sydney oranges, -225., 275. case;" Mildura oranges, 205., 235. case; pineapples, ,175., 19s. case; cherries, local, 365: to 455. crate; strawberries, 9d. to lp. od. punnet; gooseberries, 2}d. per -lb.; plums, 7s. half-case; grapes, 2s. Bd. lb!; tomatoes, Is. to Is. 4d. lb.; apricots, 6d.;'7d.'lb.; mandarins, 205., 265. case; American apples, 155.; local a,pplos, Stunners; 125., 145.; American, lemons (36's), 405., 455.; bananas, 145.,' lqs. case. . . . ; . .Cabbages,- Is. 6d., '3s. sack; cauli- ; flowers, 65., Bs. 6d. sack; carrots, 3s. 6d. to 8s;: sack-;parsnips,'"3s.' 6d., 4s. 6d. '.sack; beetroot',' 45., ",os. ..sack; turnips, 45.,. ss. sack;'marrows, 65., 9s. dozen; .peas,'.; Is., .-.15... 6d. peck'; broad beans, . 65., 7s. 6d. pt. sack;-cucumbers, 35.:6 d. £6, Bs. dozen; lettuce, 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d.' , case; spinach, 55.,_55. 6d.; rhubarb, ss. to 9s. dozen,; spring onions,-4d., ' 6d. . dozen; radish. 6d. dozen; asparagus, '4s. 6d. to Bs. dozen; onions, Melbourne, '£9 ; onions, American, 12s; 6d., 13s.' orateold potatoes, £14 ton; new, 14s. 'to 17s'. 63. owt. :. specials, 205., 225. 6d-.-: Fresh eggs; Is. 3(1. dozen. I , NEW ZEALAND WOOL SALES. [ . NEW. DOMINION'RECORD. , . 'At the Christchurch Wool Salo on November 11, a new New Zealand record for greasy, wool .was: established, : by tlie -wellknown "Danpbury". clip, of Mr. R. Austin, of. May field, Ashbur.ton,/which fetch-' ed,,2od. per lb. Mr. Austin used Little's Coriibined. (Eluid-and'Powder).Dip.-Little's! Dips have held wonderful recordsfor' mahy. years past, r Wool, from sheep dip-, ' ped with Little's Sheep Dips held the < record price in Nevr Zealand from 19061909 (15a. per. lb.); the. record price for Now ; .-Zealand from 1909-1915 ' (15Jd. per lb.),'iibeiting. itsf owtt.previous Teoord;: a ; fresh record pric'b for New Zealand, ill February, 1915, (16Jd.. per lb.), again, beatin^'its own previous record; and now the latest record" of 20d.. per lb., just obtained.—Advt. . -'-'."f;".

• .Messrs.-'Dalgety'and Company, - limited; report:—At ourPalmerston North sale-on Thursday wo' had a' fair > entry :of sheep and a good yarding-of cattile. all of which met with a ready ealo at prices as follow:— Small mixed 16s. ,7d.; mixed-age shorn ewes and" lambs, ' 25s^;. fat • shorn owes and lambsr 255.; fat. shorn > hoggets, 205.; light fat shorn ewee, 21s. 9d.; small woolly- hoggets; '20s. -Bd.'- .to* 225.- Id.; small yearlings, £2 10s. 6d.; mixed yearlings, £2 10s. 6d.; mixed yearlings, to £2 155.;. yearling heifers, £2 12s. 6d. to £2 17s.;'two-year-old heifers, to £5. os. 6d.; eighteen-month empty heifers, to £3 155.; eighteen-month eteers, to £5; empty cows,-£7 to'.£7-11b.